Tea Bowl and Saucer
ca. 1716-1720 (made)
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Lustre decoration was only used very sparingly at the Meissen factory, usually on small panels in the borders surrounding Chinoiserie or landscapes decorating expensive objects. It was invented by the chemist Johann Friedrich Böttger after a period of painstaking experiments with gold and crimon enamels. Its use here to cover fully the interiors of this early teabowl and saucer, indicates these are rare experimental pieces.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain with lustre and gilding |
| Brief description | Tea bowl and saucer of hard-paste porcelain with experimental 'mother-of-pearl' lustre, applied shells and gilding, made by the Meissen porcelain factory, Saxony, ca.1716-20. |
| Physical description | Tea bowl and saucer of hard-paste porcelain applied with scallop shells and gilded with formal borders of leaves and flowers, the interiors with mother-of-pearl lustre. |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mrs. A. Cameron |
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| Summary | Lustre decoration was only used very sparingly at the Meissen factory, usually on small panels in the borders surrounding Chinoiserie or landscapes decorating expensive objects. It was invented by the chemist Johann Friedrich Böttger after a period of painstaking experiments with gold and crimon enamels. Its use here to cover fully the interiors of this early teabowl and saucer, indicates these are rare experimental pieces. |
| Bibliographic reference | Menzhausen, Ingelore, Early Meissen Porcelain in Dresden. London:Thames and Hudson, 1990. Col. Pl. 30 for two similar tea bowls and saucers and a cup and saucer. |
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| Accession number | C.70A-1909 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2009 |
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